Acts Cross References - Moffatt

¹ IN my former volume, Theophilus, I treated all that Jesus began by doing and teaching ² down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven. ³ After his sufferings he had shown them that he was alive by a number of proofs, revealing himself to them for forty days and discussing the affairs of God's Realm. ⁴ Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised — "for what you have heard me speak of," said he; ⁵ "for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit." ⁶ Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?" ⁷ But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." ⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. ¹⁰ As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, ¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven." ¹² Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it. ¹³ On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James. ¹⁴ All these men resorted with one mind to prayer, together with the women, with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers. ¹⁵ Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together). ¹⁶ "My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry. ¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out — ¹⁹ a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood. ²⁰ Now it is written in the book of psalms, Desolate be his residence, may no one dwell in it: also, let another man take over his charge. ²¹ Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection." ²³ So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias; ²⁴ and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen ²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place." ²⁶ Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, who was assigned his position with the eleven apostles.

¹ In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea, ² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near." ³ (This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.') ⁴ This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and the whole of Judaea and all the Jordan-district went out to him ⁶ and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath? ⁸ Now, produce fruit that answers to your repentance, ⁹ instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ¹⁰ The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

¹¹ I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. ¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable." ¹³ Then Jesus came on the scene from Galilee, to get baptized by John at the Jordan. ¹⁴ John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!" ¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him. ¹⁶ Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.

¹⁶ Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him. ¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

² He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards felt hungry.

¹⁸ As he was walking along the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew, casting a net in the sea — for they were fishermen; ¹⁹ so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men." ²⁰ And they dropped their nets at once and followed him. ²¹ Then going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John, mending their nets in the boat beside their father Zebedaeus. He called them, ²² and they left the boat and their father at once, and went after him. ²³ Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing all the sickness and disease of the people. ²⁴ The fame of him spread all through the surrounding country, and people brought him all their sick, those who suffered from all manner of disease and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics; he healed them all.

⁹ As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

¹ And summoning his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits, power to cast them out and also to heal every disease and every ailment. ² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the taxgatherer, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname is Thaddaeus, ⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

²⁰ for you are not the speakers, it is the Spirit of your Father that is speaking through you.

⁵ the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead are raised.

²⁸ But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

⁴⁶ He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

³¹ He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

⁵⁵ Is this not the son of the joiner? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ Are not his sisters settled here among us? Then where has he got all this?"

²⁷ For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

² in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.

¹¹ He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things?

¹⁹ I tell you another thing: if two of you agree on earth about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

²¹ He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

²³ "You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

²² All that ever you ask in prayer you shall have, if you believe."

⁴³ I tell you therefore that the Realm of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that bears the fruits of the Realm.

³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

¹⁴ This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

³⁰ Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

³⁶ Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

¹⁵ to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad.

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

⁴⁶ So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went and said to the high priests, ¹⁵ "What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

²⁴ The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

³⁰ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people.

⁵⁴ Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?"

⁵⁶ However, this has all happened for the fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures!" Then all the disciples left him and fled;

³ Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

³ Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders, ⁴ saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

⁴ saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!" ⁵ Then he flung down the silver pieces in the temple and went off and hung himself.

⁵ Then he flung down the silver pieces in the temple and went off and hung himself. ⁶ The high priests took the money and said, "It would be wrong to put this into the treasury, for it is the price of blood." ⁷ So after consulting they bought with it the Potter's Field, to serve as a burying-place for strangers. ⁸ That is why the field is called to this day "The Field of Blood." ⁹ Then the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: and I took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been priced, whom they had priced and expelled from the sons of Israel; ¹⁰ and I gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord had bidden me.

⁵⁵ There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him,

³ His appearance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow.

⁹ And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;

¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day. ¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them. ¹⁷ When they saw him they worshipped him, though some were in doubt.

¹⁹ go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,

¹⁹ go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world."

¹ THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God]. ² As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you: ³ the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' — ⁴ John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ⁵ and the whole of Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and got baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. ⁶ John was dressed in camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals: ⁸ I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the holy Spirit."

⁸ I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the holy Spirit."

¹⁴ As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

¹⁴ He appointed twelve to be with him, also that he might despatch them to preach ¹⁵ with the power of casting out daemons; ¹⁶ there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Then they went indoors,

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Then they went indoors,

³¹ Then came his brothers and his mother, and standing outside they sent to call him; ³² there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside." ³³ He replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" ³⁴ And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."

³⁷ He would not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

³⁰ Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

² Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and John, and led them up a high hill by themselves alone; in their presence he was transfigured,

¹² He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

⁴⁰ but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand — these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

³⁶ David himself said in the holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'

²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

³² Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father.

¹⁵ He will show you a large room upstairs, with couches spread, all ready; prepare the passover for us there."

³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated,

⁴³ At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.

⁷⁰ But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!"

⁴⁰ There were some women also watching at a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

¹ And when the sabbath had passed Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices in order to go and anoint him;

⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

¹⁰ She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept; ¹¹ but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. ¹² After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country. ¹³ They too went and reported it to the rest, but they would not believe them either. ¹⁴ Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."] ¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature: ¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned. ¹⁷ And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues, ¹⁸ they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well." ¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

³ and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency,

²⁴ After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and for five months she concealed herself.

³⁵ The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysias tetrarch of Abilene, ² during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert; ³ and he went into all the Jordan-district preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins — ⁴ as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah, The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled up, every hill and mound laid low, the crooked made straight, the rough roads smooth; ⁶ so shall all flesh see the saving power of God.' ⁷ To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath? ⁸ Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ⁹ The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?" ¹¹ He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise." ¹² Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?" ¹³ He said to them, "Never exact more than your fixed rate." ¹⁴ Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay." ¹⁵ Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ," ¹⁶ John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

¹⁶ John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing-fan is in his hand to purge his threshing-floor, to gather the wheat into his granary and burn the straw with fire unquenchable." ¹⁸ Thus with many another appeal he spoke his message to the people.

²³ At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

²⁷ On going outside after this he noticed a taxgatherer called Levi sitting at the tax-office and said to him, "Follow me"; ²⁸ he rose, left everything and followed him. ²⁹ Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

¹² It was in these days that he went off to the hillside to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God, ¹³ and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles':

¹³ and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles': ¹⁴ Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon (who was called 'the Zealot'), ¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

²¹ Jesus at that moment was healing many people of diseases and complaints and evil spirits; he also bestowed sight on many blind folk. ²² So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached. ²³ And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"

² and by some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses, Mary called Magdalene (out of whom seven daemons had been driven), ³ Joanna the wife of Chuza the chancellor of Herod, Susanna, and a number of others, who ministered to him out of their means.

⁵¹ As the time for his assumption was now due, he set his face for the journey to Jerusalem.

¹ After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself. ² He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

¹⁹ I have indeed given you the power of treading on serpents and scorpions and of trampling down all the power of the Enemy; nothing shall injure you.

¹³ Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"

¹² for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

²⁰ On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it;

²⁰ On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it; ²¹ no one will say, 'Here it is' or 'There it is,' for the Reign of God is now in your midst."

¹ He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

¹¹ He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

⁴² Why, David himself says in the book of psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand,

²⁴ they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

³⁷ By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard.

¹² Then he will show you a large room upstairs with couches spread; make your preparations there."

²⁹ so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,

⁴⁹ As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

⁵⁵ So the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and who had followed Joseph, noted the tomb and the position of the body;

¹ On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ² The boulder they found rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment.

⁴ They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment. ⁵ They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

⁵ They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive? ⁶ He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered what he had said, ⁹ and turning away from the tomb they reported all this to the eleven and all the others. ¹⁰ (It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.)

¹⁰ (It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.) ¹¹ But this story of the women seemed in their opinion to be nonsense; they would not believe them. ¹² Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened. ¹³ That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ They were conversing about all these events, ¹⁵ and during their conversation and discussion Jesus himself approached and walked beside them, ¹⁶ though they were prevented from recognizing him. ¹⁷ He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast, ¹⁸ and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?" ¹⁹ "What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

¹⁹ "What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance, ²⁰ but the high priests and our rulers delivered him up to be sentenced to death and crucified him. ²¹ Our own hope was that he would be the redeemer of Israel; but he is dead, and that is three days ago! ²² Though some women of our number gave us a surprise; they were at the tomb early in the morning ²³ and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. ²⁴ Some of our company did go to the tomb and found things exactly as the women had said, but they did not see him." ²⁵ He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared! ²⁶ Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?" ²⁷ Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures. ²⁸ Now they approached the village to which they were going. He pretended to be going further on, ²⁹ but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.

²⁹ but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. ³² And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?" ³³ So they got up and returned that very hour to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven and their friends all gathered, ³⁴ who told them that the Lord had really risen and that he had appeared to Simon. ³⁵ Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf. ³⁶ Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw; ³⁸ but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have." ⁴⁰ [With these words he showed them his hands and feet.] ⁴¹ Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

⁴¹ Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?" ⁴² And when they handed him a piece of broiled fish,

⁴² And when they handed him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ he took and ate it in their presence.

⁴³ he took and ate it in their presence. ⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

⁴⁶ "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony.

⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony. ⁴⁹ And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

⁴⁹ And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

⁴⁹ And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high." ⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven]. ⁵² They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem,

⁵² They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem, ⁵³ where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.

⁵³ where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.

¹⁶ For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

²⁸ This took place at Bethany on the opposite side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world! ³⁰ That is he of whom I said, 'The man who is to succeed me has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.' ³¹ I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

³¹ I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel." ³² And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him. ³³ I myself did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting, that is he who baptizes with the holy Spirit.' ³⁴ Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God." ³⁵ Next day again John was standing with two of his disciples; ³⁶ he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!" ³⁷ The two disciples heard what he said and went after Jesus. ³⁸ Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?" ³⁹ He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day — it was then about four in the afternoon. ⁴⁰ One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter.

⁴⁰ One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter. ⁴¹ In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').

⁴¹ In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ'). ⁴² He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock').

⁴² He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock'). ⁴³ Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."

⁴³ Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me." ⁴⁴ Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter;

⁴⁴ Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter; ⁴⁵ he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets — it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

⁴⁵ he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets — it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret." ⁴⁶ "Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip.

⁴⁶ "Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him." ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you." ⁴⁹ "Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!" ⁵⁰ Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that." ⁵¹ He said to him, "Truly, truly I tell you all, you shall see heaven open wide and God's angels ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

²⁴ Jesus, however, would not trust himself to them; he knew all men, ²⁵ and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

³⁴ For he whom God has sent utters the words of God — God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

⁵ On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?" ⁶ (He said this to test Philip, for he knew what he was going to do himself.) ⁷ Philip answered, "Seven pounds' worth of bread would not be enough for them, for everybody to get even a morsel."

⁶² Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!"

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!" ⁷¹ (He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him — and he was one of the twelve.)

³⁹ (he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: — as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).

¹ Truly, truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs up somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber; ² he who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ The gate-keeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice; he calls his sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought all his sheep outside, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice; ⁵ they will not follow a stranger, they will run from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." ⁶ Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them; ⁷ so he said to them again, "Truly, truly I tell you, I am the shepherd of the sheep; ⁸ all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers — but the sheep would not listen to them. ⁹ (I am the Gate; whoever enters by me will be saved, he will go in and out and find pasture.)

³² Jesus replied, "I have let you see many a good deed of God; for which of them do you mean to stone me?" ³³ The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God." ³⁴ Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? ³⁵ If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be broken —

³⁵ If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be broken — ³⁶ do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the deeds of my Father, do not believe me; ³⁸ but if I am, then believe the deeds, though you will not believe me — that you may learn and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

¹⁶ Whereupon Thomas (called 'the Twin') said to his fellow-disciples, "Let us go too, let us die along with him!"

¹⁸ [vss 18 & 19 placed between vss 30 & 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

²¹ they came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee and appealed to him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus." ²² Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

³⁸ that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them.

¹ Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;

³ the Father had put everything into his hands — knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

¹⁸ When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

²³ As one of his disciples was reclining on his breast — he was the favourite of Jesus — ²⁴ Peter nodded to him, saying, "Tell us who he means." ²⁵ The disciple just leant back on the breast of Jesus and said, "Lord, who is it?"

²⁷ and when he took the bread, at that moment Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, "Be quick with what you have to do."

³ And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

⁸ "Lord," said Philip, "let us see the Father; that is all we want." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?

¹² Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes in me will do the very deeds I do, and still greater deeds than these. For I am going to the Father,

¹⁶ and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

²⁶ but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said. ²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid. ²⁸ You heard me tell you I was going away and coming back to you; if you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father — for the Father is greater than I am.

²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me; ²⁷ and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

⁷ Yet — I am telling you the truth — my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; ¹¹ of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged. ¹² I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now. ¹³ However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.'

²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."

¹² When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

² Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there. ³ So after procuring troops and some attendants belonging to the high priests and the Pharisees, Judas went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, who knew everything that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" ⁵ "Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.) ⁶ When he said, "I am he," they fell back and dropped to the ground; ⁷ so he asked them once more, "Who are you looking for?" And when they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene," ⁸ he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"

¹⁷ The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

¹⁹ Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. ²⁰ Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews gather; I have said nothing in secret. ²¹ Why ask me? Ask my hearers what I have said to them; they know what I said."

²⁵ They asked him, "Are you not one of his disciples?" He denied it, saying, "No," ²⁶ Said one of the high priest's servants, a kinsman of the man whose ear had been cut off by Peter, "Did I not see you with him in the orchard?" ²⁷ Again Peter denied it. And at that very moment the cock crowed.

²⁵ Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. ²⁶ So when Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son!"

²⁸ After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips. ³⁰ And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

³⁶ For this took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken.

¹ On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb, ² she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!" ³ So Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb; ⁴ they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first. ⁵ He glanced in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go inside. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him, and went inside the tomb; he noticed not only that the bandages were lying on the ground ⁷ but that the napkin which had been round his head was folded up by itself, instead of lying beside the other bandages. ⁸ Upon this the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and when he saw for himself he was convinced. ⁹ (For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.) ¹⁰ Then the disciples returned home; ¹¹ but Mary stood sobbing outside the tomb. As she sobbed, she glanced inside the tomb ¹² and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

¹² and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ "Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!" ¹⁴ With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing — though she did not know it was Jesus. ¹⁵ "Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him." ¹⁶ "Mary!" said Jesus. She started round and said, "Rabboni!" (a Hebrew word meaning 'teacher'). ¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'" ¹⁸ Away went Mary of Magdala to the disciples with the news, "I have seen the Lord!" — telling them what he had said to her. ¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced. ²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth."

²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth." ²² And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit!

²⁶ Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

²⁶ Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe." ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."

¹ After that, Jesus disclosed himself once more to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. It was in this way. ² Simon Peter, Thomas (who was called 'the Twin'), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the two sons of Zebedaeus, and two other disciples of his, were all together.

¹⁴ This was the third time, now, that Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead. ¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus.

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus.

¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Truly, truly I tell you, you put on your own girdle and went wherever you wanted, when you were young; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands for someone to gird you, and you will be taken where you have no wish to go" ¹⁹ (he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned round and saw that the favourite disciple of Jesus was following, the disciple who had leant on his breast at supper and put the question, "Lord, who is to betray you?" ²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?"

²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?" ²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself." ²³ This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?"

²³ This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?" ²⁴ This was the disciple who bears testimony to these facts and who wrote them down; his testimony, we know, is true.

² down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

⁵ "for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit."

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." ⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

¹³ On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

¹⁶ "My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry. ¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out — ¹⁹ a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood. ²⁰ Now it is written in the book of psalms, Desolate be his residence, may no one dwell in it: also, let another man take over his charge.

²⁰ Now it is written in the book of psalms, Desolate be his residence, may no one dwell in it: also, let another man take over his charge. ²¹ Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place." ²⁶ Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, who was assigned his position with the eleven apostles.

¹ During the course of the day of Pentecost they were all together,

¹ During the course of the day of Pentecost they were all together, ² when suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a violent blast of wind, which filled the whole house where they were seated. ³ They saw tongues like flames distributing themselves, one resting on the head of each, ⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

⁷ All were amazed and astonished. "Are these not all Galileans," they said, "who are speaking?

¹⁴ But Peter stood up along with the eleven, and raising his voice he addressed them thus: "Men of Judaea and residents in Jerusalem, let everyone of you understand this — attend to what I say:

¹⁶ No, this is what was predicted by the prophet Joel — ¹⁷ In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ on my very slaves and slave-girls in those days will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. ¹⁹ And I will display wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and vapour of smoke: ²⁰ the sun shall be changed into darkness and the moon into blood, ere the great, open Day of the Lord arrives. ²¹ And everyone who invokes the name of the Lord shall be saved. ²² Men of Israel, listen to my words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs which God performed by him among you (as you yourselves know), ²³ this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder;

²⁹ Brothers, I can speak quite plainly to you about the patriarch David; he died and was buried and his tomb remains with us to this day. ³⁰ (He was a prophet; he knew God had sworn an oath to him that he would seat one of his descendants on his throne; ³¹ so he spoke with a prevision of the resurrection of the Christ, when he said that he was not forsaken in the grave nor did his flesh suffer decay. ³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness. ³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.)

³⁷ When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?" ³⁸ "Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

⁴² They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.

⁴⁶ Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

¹ Peter and John were on their way up to the temple for the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon, ² when a man lame from birth was carried past, who used to be laid every day at what was called the 'Beautiful Gate' of the temple, to ask alms from those who entered the temple. ³ When he noticed that Peter and John meant to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. ⁴ Peter looked at him steadily, as did John, and said, "Look at us." ⁵ The man attended, expecting to get something from them. ⁶ But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!" ⁷ And catching him by the right hand he raised him. Instantly his feet and ankles grew strong, ⁸ he leapt to his feet, started to walk, and accompanied them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. ⁹ When all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ and when they recognized this was the very man who used to sit and beg at the Gate Beautiful, they were lost in awe and amazement at what had happened to him.

¹² But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours?

¹⁵ and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus,

¹⁹ But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

²⁴ and on hearing this the entire company raised their cry to God, "O Sovereign Lord, thou art he who made heaven, earth, and sea, and all that in them is, ²⁵ who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?

²⁵ who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood ready, the rulers mustered together against the Lord and his Christ.

²⁶ The kings of the earth stood ready, the rulers mustered together against the Lord and his Christ. ²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ mustering to carry out what thy hand had traced, thy purpose had decreed.

²⁸ mustering to carry out what thy hand had traced, thy purpose had decreed. ²⁹ So now, O Lord, consider the threats of these men, and grant that thy servants may be perfectly fearless in speaking thy word, ³⁰ when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus." ³¹ At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly;

³³ the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great grace was upon them all.

³² To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

⁴ but we will continue to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word."

⁶ these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.

⁸ Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.

² "Listen, brothers and fathers," said Stephen. "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before ever he stayed in Haran,

¹ (Saul quite approved of his murder.) That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone, with the exception of the apostles, was scattered over Judaea and Samaria.

⁵ Philip travelled down to a town in Samaria, where he preached Christ to the people. ⁶ And the crowds attended like one man to what was said by Philip, listening to him and watching the miracles he performed. ⁷ For unclean spirits came screaming and shrieking out of many who had been possessed, and many paralytics and lame people were healed. ⁸ So there was great rejoicing in that town. ⁹ Now for some time previous a man called Simon had been practising magic arts in the town, to the utter astonishment of the Samaritan nation; he made himself out to be a great person, ¹⁰ and all sorts and conditions of people attached themselves to him, declaring he was that Power of God which is known as 'the Great Power.' ¹¹ They attached themselves to him because he had dazzled them with his skill in magic for a considerable time. ¹² But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women; ¹³ indeed Simon himself believed, and after his baptism kept close to Philip, utterly astonished to see the signs and striking miracles which were taking place. ¹⁴ When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they despatched Peter and John, ¹⁵ who came down and prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit. ¹⁶ (As yet it had not fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit. ¹⁸ Now Simon noticed that the holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands; so he brought them money, ¹⁹ saying, "Let me share this power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the holy Spirit." ²⁰ Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God! ²¹ You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God. ²² So repent of this wickedness of yours, and ask God whether you cannot be forgiven for your heart's purpose. ²³ For I see you are a bitter poison and a pack of evil." ²⁴ Simon replied, "Beseech the Lord for me! Pray that nothing you have said may befall me!" ²⁵ After bearing their testimony to the word of the Lord and preaching it, the apostles went back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to a number of the Samaritan villages;

³² Peter moved here and there among them all, and it happened that in the course of his tours he came down to visit the saints who stayed at Lydda. ³³ There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis. ³⁴ "Aeneas," said Peter, "Jesus the Christ cures you! Get up and make your bed!" He got up at once. ³⁵ And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord. ³⁶ At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices. ³⁷ She happened to take ill and die at this time, and after washing her body they laid it in an upper room. ³⁸ When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay." ³⁹ So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them. ⁴⁰ Peter put them all outside; then he knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body said, "Tabitha, rise." She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive. ⁴² This became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. ⁴³ In Joppa Peter stayed for some time, at the house of Simon a tanner.

³ About three o'clock in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, "Cornelius."

⁹ Next day they were still on the road and not far from the town, when Peter went up to the roof of the house about noon to pray. ¹⁰ He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him. ¹¹ He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth, ¹² which contained all quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth and wild birds. ¹³ A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." ¹⁴ But Peter said, "No, no, my Lord; I have never eaten anything common or unclean." ¹⁵ A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common." ¹⁶ This happened three times; then the vessel was at once raised to heaven. ¹⁷ Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door ¹⁸ and called out to ask if Simon, surnamed Peter, was staying there. ¹⁹ So the Spirit said to Peter, who was pondering over the vision, "There are three men looking for you! ²⁰ Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them." ²¹ Then Peter went down to the men, saying, "I am the man you are looking for. What is your reason for coming?" ²² They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say." ²³ So he invited them in and entertained them. Next day he was up and off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa; ²⁴ and on the next day he reached Caesarea. [vs 24b transposed to follow vs 27] (For Cornelius had been expecting him and had called his kinsfolk and intimate friends together.) ²⁵ Peter was just going into the house when Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshipped him; ²⁶ but Peter raised him, saying, "Get up, I am only a man myself." ²⁷ Then talking to him he entered the house, to find a large company assembled. ²⁸ To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean, ²⁹ and so I have come without any demur when I was sent for. Now I want to know why you sent for me?" ³⁰ "Three days ago," said Cornelius, "at this very hour I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when a man stood before me in shining dress,

³⁰ "Three days ago," said Cornelius, "at this very hour I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when a man stood before me in shining dress, ³¹ saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God. ³² You must send to Joppa and summon Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon a tanner beside the sea.' ³³ So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

³⁸ how God consecrated Jesus of Nazaret with the holy Spirit and power, and how he went about doing good and curing all who were harassed by the devil; for God was with him.

³⁸ how God consecrated Jesus of Nazaret with the holy Spirit and power, and how he went about doing good and curing all who were harassed by the devil; for God was with him. ³⁹ As for what he did in the land of the Jews and of Jerusalem, we can testify to that. They slew him by hanging him on a gibbet, ⁴⁰ but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen

⁴⁰ but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen ⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead, ⁴² when he enjoined us to preach to the People, testifying that this was he whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and of the dead.

⁴⁵ Now the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed that the gift of the holy Spirit had actually been poured out on the Gentiles —

¹⁵ Now just as I began to speak, the holy Spirit fell upon them as upon us at the beginning; ¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, that 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.'

² James the brother of John he slew with the sword, ³ and when he saw this pleased the Jews, he went on to seize Peter. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

¹⁷ He beckoned to them to keep quiet and then described to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Report this to James," he said, "and to the brothers." And off he went to another place.

²⁵ After fulfilling their commission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who is surnamed Mark.

² As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." ³ Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and let them go.

¹⁵ and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

¹⁹ and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

²⁴ before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John was closing his career he said, 'What do you take me for? I am not He; no, he is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the sandals on his feet!' ²⁶ Brothers, sons of Abraham's race and all among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us. ²⁷ The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath; ²⁸ though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death, ²⁹ and, after carrying out all that had been predicted of him in scripture, they lowered him from the gibbet and laid him in a tomb.

³¹ For many days he was seen by those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; they are now his witnesses to the People.

³³ has been fulfilled by God for us their children, when he raised Jesus. As it is written in the second psalm, thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.

³⁸ So you must understand, my brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through him,

²³ They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

⁷ and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

⁷ and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it. ⁸ The God who reads the hearts of all attested this by giving them the holy Spirit just as he gave it to us;

⁸ The God who reads the hearts of all attested this by giving them the holy Spirit just as he gave it to us; ⁹ in cleansing their hearts by faith he made not the slightest distinction between us and them. ¹⁰ Well now, why are you trying to impose a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we ourselves could bear? ¹¹ No, it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we believe and are saved, in the same way as they are."

¹³ When they had finished speaking, James spoke. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me.

²² Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

²⁶ All nations he has created from a common origin, to dwell all over the earth, fixing their allotted periods and the boundaries of their abodes,

⁴ "John," said Paul, "baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

⁸ (there were plenty of lamps in the upper room where we met).

²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

¹⁹ and after saluting them Paul described in detail what God had done by means of his ministry among the Gentiles. ²⁰ They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.

⁴⁰ As he gave permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people. A great hush came over them, and he addressed them as follows in Hebrew.

¹ "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defence I now make before you."

¹⁵ For you are to be a witness for him before all men, a witness of what you have seen and heard.

¹ With a steady look at the Sanhedrin Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a perfectly good conscience before God down to the present day."

⁶ Then, finding half the Sanhedrin were Sadducees and the other half Pharisees, Paul shouted to them, "I am a Pharisee, brothers, the son of Pharisees! It is for the hope of the resurrection from the dead that I am on trial!"

¹⁷ Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.

²⁵ As they could not agree among themselves, they were turning to go away, when Paul added this one word: "It was an apt word that the holy Spirit spoke by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

³¹ he preached the Reign of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unmolested.

⁵ through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

²⁷ and He who searches the human heart knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, since the Spirit pleads before God for the saints.

¹⁸ But, I ask, "Have they never heard?" Indeed they have. Their voice carried over all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

¹² let your hope be a joy to you; be stedfast in trouble, attend to prayer,

¹⁷ The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;

¹⁹ by the force of miracles and marvels, by the power of the Spirit of God. Thus from Jerusalem right round to Illyricum, I have been able to complete the preaching of the gospel of Christ —

² To other people I may be no apostle, but to you I am, for you are the seal set upon my apostleship in the Lord.

¹³ For by one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen; we have all been imbued with one Spirit.

⁵ and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve; ⁶ after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died;

⁶ after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died; ⁷ after that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

⁷ after that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

¹ Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

¹⁸ It is all the doing of the God who has reconciled me to himself through Christ and has permitted me to be a minister of his reconciliation.

¹ PAUL an apostle — not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, —

¹⁹ I saw no other apostle, only James the brother of the Lord.

⁸ (for He who equipped Peter to be an apostle of the circumcised equipped me as well for the uncircumcised), ⁹ and when they recognized the grace I had been given, then the so-called 'pillars' of the church, James and Cephas and John, gave myself and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Our sphere was to be the Gentiles, theirs the circumcised.

¹⁰ so to order it in the fulness of the ages that all things in heaven and earth alike should be gathered up in Christ —

²⁰ you are a building that rests on the apostles and prophets as its foundation, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone;

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men. ⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth?

⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;

¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe; ¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

¹³ rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

² Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving;

¹⁰ and to wait for the coming of his Son from heaven — the Son whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who rescues us from the Wrath to come.

¹² to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.

¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;

¹ As regards the course and periods of time, brothers, you have no need of being written to. ² You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night;

⁷ and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power ⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus, ⁹ men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints and marvelled at in all believers on that day (for our testimony has found confirmation in your lives).

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

¹⁵ which will be brought about in due time by that blessed and only Sovereign, King of kings and Lord of lords,

¹ Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

⁵ and he saved us, not for anything we had done but from his own pity for us, by the water that means regeneration and renewal under the holy Spirit

³ how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

⁷ Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice, ⁸ harden not your hearts as at the Provocation, on the day of the Temptation in the desert,

¹³ And no created thing is hidden from him; all things lie open and exposed before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

¹⁹ anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil. ²⁰ There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.

²⁴ For Christ has not entered a holy place which human hands have made (a mere type of the reality!); he has entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

¹ James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greeting.

¹¹ the Spirit of messiah within them foretold all the suffering of messiah and his after-glory, and they pondered when or how this was to come;

²¹ It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps. ²² He committed no sin, no guile was ever found upon his lips; ²³ he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly;

²² who is at God's right hand — for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

³ in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail. ⁴ For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom: ⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world but kept Noah, the herald of righteousness, safe with seven others, when he let loose the deluge on the world of impious men: ⁶ if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them,

¹⁵ they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing — ¹⁶ but he got reproved for his malpractice: a dumb ass spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's infatuation.

²¹ Better had they never known the Way of righteousness, than to know it and then turn back from the holy command which was committed to them.

² to have you recollect the words spoken by the holy prophets beforehand and the command given by your apostles from the Lord and saviour.

¹ It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life

¹ It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life ² (the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) — ³ it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ We are writing this to you that our own joy may be complete. ⁵ Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.'

¹ The presbyter, to the elect Lady and her children whom I love in the Truth (and not only I but all who know the Truth) ² for the sake of the Truth which remains within us and will be with us for ever: ³ grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I was overjoyed to find some of your children leading the true Life, as we were commanded to do by the Father. ⁵ And now I entreat you, Lady — not as though I were writing you any new command, it is the command which we have had from the very beginning — let us love one another. ⁶ To live by his commands, that is what love means: and the command is, live in love as you have learned to do from the very beginning. ⁷ I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.' ⁸ Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward. ⁹ Anyone who is 'advanced' and will not remain by the doctrine of Christ, does not possess God: he who remains by the doctrine of Christ possesses both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not admit him to the house — do not even greet him, ¹¹ for he who greets him shares in his wicked work. ¹² I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not mean to use ink and paper; I hope to visit you and have a talk with you, so that your joy may be unimpaired. ¹³ The children of your elect Sister greet you.

¹ The presbyter, to the beloved Gaius whom I love in the Truth. ² Beloved, I pray you may prosper in every way and keep well — as indeed your soul is keeping well. ³ For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do lead the true Life; ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear of my children living in the Truth. ⁵ Beloved, you are acting loyally in rendering any service to the brothers and especially to strangers; ⁶ they have testified to your love before the church. Pray speed them on their journey worthily of God; ⁷ they have started out for his sake and declined to take anything from pagans; ⁸ hence we are bound to support such men, to prove ourselves allies of the Truth. ⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me. ¹⁰ So when I come, I shall bring up what he is doing, babbling against me with wicked words — and, not satisfied with words, he refuses to welcome the brothers, checks those who want to welcome them, and excommunicates them from the church. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate evil but good; he who does good belongs to God, he who does evil has never seen God. ¹² Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true. ¹³ I had a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen; ¹⁴ I am hoping to see you soon, and we will have a talk. [15] Peace to you! The friends salute you: salute the friends one by one.

¹ Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

⁶ while the angels who abandoned their own domain, instead of preserving their proper rank, are reserved by him within the nether gloom, in chains eternal, for the doom of the great Day — ⁷ just as Sodom and Gomorra and the adjacent cities, which similarly glutted themselves with vice and sensual perversity, are exhibited as a warning of the everlasting fire they are sentenced to suffer.

¹ A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

¹ A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John, ² who now testifies to what is God's word and Jesus Christ's testimony — to what he saw. ³ Blessed is he who reads aloud, blessed they who hear the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time is near.

⁷ Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

⁷ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror I will allow to eat from the tree of Life which is within the paradise of God.'

¹¹ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror shall not be injured by the second death.'

¹⁷ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror I will allow to share the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, unknown to any except him who receives it.'

²³ and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

²⁹ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

⁴ Still, you have a few souls at Sardis who have not soiled their raiment; they shall walk beside me in white, for they deserve to.

¹³ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth.

²² Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches."

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

³ But I will allow my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth ⁴ (they are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth): ⁵ whoever tries to harm them, fire will issue from their mouth and consume their enemies; whoever should try to harm them, so must he be killed." ⁶ They have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain falls during the days when they are prophesying; and they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and also to smite the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose.

¹² and heard a loud voice from heaven telling them, "Come up here." So up to heaven they went in a cloud, before the eyes of their enemies. ¹³ At that hour a great earthquake took place, a tenth of the City was destroyed, and seven thousand souls perished in the earthquake: the rest were awestruck, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

⁴ They have not been defiled by intercourse with women — they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.

¹⁴ And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.